THE problem of car parking spaces in the three hospitals in Kota Kinabalu was brought up last weeks in the Parliament session by the Kota Kinabalu Member of Parliament Dr. Hiew King Cheu.
He asked the Minister of Health Datuk Liow Tiong Lai on why there is no action by the Health Ministry to improve the long outstanding lack of car parking spaces in the Hospital Queen Elizabeth 1 and 2, and the Luyang Polyclinic.
The situation is getting critical and many had suffered and being summoned by the DBKK and the Traffic police. Some doctors and nurses were being issued many summon too.
A specialist doctor told Dr. Hiew that he has 6 police summons because he couldn’t find a car park in time, and the patient is waiting for his immediate care. He had to leave his car at a road corner quickly in order to attend to his patients.
Datuk Liow in his reply said that the matter of insufficient car parks in the three hospitals in Kota Kinabalu is now under planning and the construction should be on the way soon, and they will take urgent measure to tackle these problems.
For the Luyang Polyclinic, he said the Health Department in Sabah had received approval from DBKK for the construction of 33 car parking lots placed in Taman Bestari, and the work will commence this year.
For the HQE1, there will be a total of 792 lots in the hospital, including a three storey car park building for 536 cars, once the Twin Tower Block is completed.
For HQE2 (SMC), there are existing 178 parking lots, and because of the lack of car parks, a shuttle bus service will be used to ferry patient and visitors to reach the hospital from HQE1, Dewan Damai in Luyang and Likas Sport Complex.
The new project in HQE2 which is expected to be completed by the end of this year will provide additional 327 car parks.
Dr. Hiew said the people want the program of the Health Ministry to provide more car parking lot immediately in the three hospitals. The people have to continue to suffer at least another year, and hopefully what are planned by the ministry shall be completed on time.
The proposal as stated by the minister is insufficient to solve the daily car parking problem, Dr. Hiew hopes there will be some temporary road side or open space car park lots can be made ready to allow the visitors, patients and doctors for short hour parking, and avoid being summoned.
At the mean while, Sabah DAP Medical & Health Advisory Bureaus chief Dr. Filex Chong said that it can be easily done with the cooperation of the DBKK, JKR, JPJ, and the police. -Sabahkini
Isu ketiadaan tempat letak kereta di hospital-hospital besar di Sabah sepatutnya tidak harus berlaku. Sebabnya...nyawa dan kesihatan pesakit adalah yang terpenting dan doktor yang merawat juga harus bergegas ke hospital sekiranya berlaku kecemasan. Saya bersimpati dengan para doktor yang disaman tetapi sanggup disaman demi memperjuangkan nyawa pesakitnya. Berapa lama lagi isu ini akan berlarutan? Walaubagaimanapun, saya lihat di HQE sendiri....isu carpark ni tiada kesudahan dan tempat yang ada memang kecil dan limited? Pendapat saya, isu sebegini harus ada campurtangan pihak tertinggi dan tidak akan ada kesudahan sampai bila-bila pun tanpa 'wahyu' diperturunkan dari pihak tertinggi! Sebab itulah kenyataannya!
ReplyDeletemany of public also had suffered and being summoned by the DBKK and the Traffic police due to lack of car parking. seems the government is also concerned with this problem and hopefully what are planned by the ministry shall be completed on time.
ReplyDeletei sense that it will be solve in the near future...because the problem is already giving the public, who are coming to the hospital to get services, a pain in the a**...hopefully government wil solve the problem as soon as possible...
ReplyDeleteLiow has spoke.Well, leave it to Parliament then. I mean buzzing over this matter outside the field won't help either.
ReplyDeleteGood idea to bring up these parking problem to the Parliament. Mind if you suggest to make a car park complex for parking only just exactly like in Penang..I think building a car park complex might decreased parking problem.
ReplyDeleteThe news did mention that a 4 storey car park will be constructed for SMC to accommodate more cars in the near future.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, the shuttle bus service can be implement straight away. So that the people can use that while the new car park building can be constructed.
ReplyDelete@Roxy: not only for hospitals but so is malls and apartments. It is must better.
ReplyDeleteBut then again, we should just wait and see then.
Rise as many as issue you want.. sure govt will settle it up...
ReplyDeleteits about time the issues voiced out....DBKK enforcer & police traffic should compromise when giving out ticket especially around hospital area...parking spaces is not under the control of the driver, driver has no other place to park except small spaces outside the hospital...but im sure government has their plan to solve this problem....
ReplyDeletethat why government need to analyse all the problems that might occur, in order to provide a better service.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least our government are planning to help our people. Just hope the renovation can be finish within a year. Lots of improvements are needed here.
ReplyDeletei think kk has not many car park. so people has to go to work earl just to get carpark and not only that, the main building nd shopping compex built in the middle of city. it causing jam too. i hope ministry can find a solution how to reduce the summons and carpark issue in Sabah. how ministry do the state management? this shouldn't happen.
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